#6e9eef

Color #6e9eef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.44 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e9eef

RGB

rgb(110, 158, 239)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 80.1%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 54%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 33.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(64.96, 6.77, -45.57)

LCH

lch(64.96, 46.07, 278.45)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1304, 260.38)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 43.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efbf6e

Analogous

#6edeef

#6e9eef

#7e6eef

Triadic

#6e9eef

#ef6e9e

#9eef6e

Split-complementary

#6e9eef

#ef7e6e

#deef6e

Tetradic

#6e9eef

#bf6eef

#efbf6e

#9eef6e

Square

#6e9eef

#ef6ede

#efbf6e

#6eef7e

Shades

Color #6e9eef mixed toward black.

#3a7be9

#175cd1

#11459d

#0c2e69

#061734

Tints

Color #6e9eef mixed toward white.

#86aef2

#9ebef4

#b6cef7

#cfdffa

#e7effc

Tones

Color #6e9eef mixed toward gray.

#79a1e4

#83a3d9

#8ea6cf

#99a9c4

#a4acb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586df · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#837fdb · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#71d1ce · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e9eef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e9eef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e9eef (#6e9eef) is rgb(110, 158, 239) in RGB.

No, #6e9eef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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